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The construction company, which is owned by Dillard’s Inc., reported sales of $130.7 million for the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31. That’s up 42 percent from the previous year “due to an increase in construction projects,” according to the Little Rock retailer’s annual report, which was released last week.

Marcato Capital Management LP of San Francisco, which owns 4.9 percent of Dillard’s Inc. stock, said in a news release last month that it wants the company to create a stand-alone real estate investment trust for its assets.

Completing a half-built, 1.5 million-SF retail-office center in less than 18 months presented a desert challenge for VCC LLC. The sprawling Downtown Summerlin project in the western suburbs of Las Vegas also represented unfinished business for the Little Rock general contracting firm.

Dillard's Inc. CEO William Dillard II said at the company's annual meeting on Saturday that the department store chain has paid $1.7 billion to shareholders over the last five years — and that trend should continue.

2013 was not as lucrative as 2012 for the family that controls Dillard's Inc., but eight members of the Dillard family had compensation packages that totaled more than $19 million, according to the annual proxy statement released Wednesday.

The relationship between the management of CDI Contractors LLC of Little Rock and half-owner Dillard’s Inc. was under tremendous stress in the days before CDI’s chief financial officer disappeared on Jan. 28.